General Health
WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE?
A NEW APPROACH TO MEDICINE Health is more than just the absence of disease. “Health” means wholeness of mind, body and spirit. True wellness and a positive vitality (feeling alive, joyful and vibrant) only comes with this wholeness of good, balanced health. In the...
TANNING BEDS
As spring arrives, one is so easily lured to getting an early tan, in anticipation of strapless summer dresses! The Scientific American’s Board of Editors published an analysis and opinion in the April 2015 issue of Scientific American, calling tanning beds “skin...
Tongue scraping – wonderful aid to sinus and post nasal drip infections
The use of a plastic tongue scraper following the morning and evening ritual of brushing teeth and flossing, is of great benefit to both children and adults. While asleep at night, bacteria accumulates on one’s tongue from nose- and sinus drips. These bacteria then...
PSORIASIS
Psoriasis is a chronic auto-immune disease, which appears as an inflammatory, proliferative disease of the skin. In the US alone there are over 7 million sufferers. One of the body’s immune white blood cells, called a T cell, by mistake attacks normal, healthy skin...
OVER-USE OF ANTIBIOTICS
Antibiotics only work for bacterial infections. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses. So often however, antibiotics are prescribed for viral infections, such as the common cold or flu, or when patients are just fed up with all the symptoms of viral infections, such...
ROSACEA
This is a chronic inflammatory skin condition and is often confused or mistaken for acne, exzema or a type of skin allergy. It is most common amongst fair skinned people – men and women, but generally is more severe in men. Symptoms typically begin from 30 onwards,...
COLONOSCOPY – a vital health marker
Colon cancer is on the rise and very prevalent in both men and women! Every person over the age of 50 should have a routine colonoscopy, which is the best way of checking the overall health of your colon or large bowel. In this procedure the inside of the last meter...
CHOLESTEROL AND HEART DISEASE
For years and years we have been told and we believed that heart disease resulted from an elevated blood cholesterol level, and that the only therapy that worked was to lower the cholesterol levels with statin medication, whilst severely restricting the intake of...
PREVENT PROSTATE CANCER
Most diseases are preventable, but medical attention these days is mostly on the treatment of disease, and not enough emphasis is given on how to prevent disease. Here are a few important ways to help prevent prostate cancer: Enjoy physical activity of 30 – 45 minutes...
GUIDE TO MENOPAUSE
Menopause is nature’s way of signaling the end of child bearing years. There is a gradual decrease in the level of estrogen and progesterone, usually around the age of 50, and this leads to your periods becoming erratic and finally ceasing. Menopause can occur...